Functional Textiles and Clothing

Description

This volume contains select papers presented during the Functional Textiles and Clothing Conference 2018. The book covers the recent scientific developments, cutting edge technologies, innovations, trends, challenges and opportunities in the field of functional and smart textiles and clothing. The contents of this volume will be of interest to researchers, professional engineers, entrepreneurs, and market stakeholders interested in functional textiles and clothing. Front Matter ....Pages i-xi Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Thermal Resistance of Leather and Membranes for Summer Desert Military Footwear Under Different Climate Conditions (Dragana Kopitar, Jadranka Akalovic, Zenun Skenderi)....Pages 3-9 Woven Military Fabrics from the Aspect of the Microbial Barrier Permeability (Ivana Schwarz, Beti Rogina-Car, Ruzica Brunsek)....Pages 11-19 Development of Thermal Insulative Nonwoven Fabric Through Advance Material Application (Rohit Naik, Arup Rakshit)....Pages 21-35 Investigation on Sound Absorption Characteristics of Nonwoven Coir Mats (G. Thilagavathi, A. Muralikrishnan, N. Muthukumar, S. Neelakrishnanan)....Pages 37-45 Front Matter ....Pages 47-47 Functionalized Silk for Surgical Suture Applications (S. Viju, L. Marian Shilpa, G. Thilagavathi)....Pages 49-65 Effect of Domestic Laundering on Removal of Bacterial Contamination from Nurses’ White Coats (Priyanka Gupta, Nilanjana Bairagi, Deepti Gupta)....Pages 67-73 Front Matter ....Pages 75-75 Hybrid Cover Yarn’s Element Orientation and Its Impacts on Mechanical/Tensile Behavior of Conductive Yarns and Fabrics (Ali Asghar, Mohd Rozi Ahmad, Mohamad Faizul Yahya, Syed Zameer Ul Hassan, Muhammad Kashif)....Pages 77-90 Facile Metallization Technique of Textiles for Electronic Textile Applications (Md. Momtaz Islam, Musa Ali Reza, Dewan Murshed Ahmed, Md. Abdullah Al. Mamun, Hasan Shahariar)....Pages 91-99 Development of Smart Textiles for Medical Care (Arindam Basu, Saurab Jain, V. S. Khoiwal)....Pages 101-106 Photoluminescent Printed Fabrics: An Innovative Solution to Natural Nightlight (Richa Sharma, Nilanjana Bairagi)....Pages 107-117 Development and Characterization of Metal Woven Electric Heating Fabrics (N. Muthukumar, G. Thilagavathi, T. Kannaian, S. Periyasamy)....Pages 119-127 Front Matter ....Pages 129-129 Mechanical Properties of the Silk Degummed with Citric Acid and Ultrasound (Ruzica Brunsek, Ivana Schwarz, Mirta Than)....Pages 131-138 Photocatalytic Decolorization of Rhodamine B Dye Solution Using TiO2 Coated Cotton Fabric (Anu Mishra, Bhupendra Singh Butola)....Pages 139-150 Chemical Modification of Indian Yak Fibre for Development of Jute/Yak Fibres Blended Warm Textile (Kartick K. Samanta, A. N. Roy)....Pages 151-165 Statistical Optimisation of Nano-Zinc Oxide-Based Fire-Protective Finish on Jute Fabric (Ashis Kumar Samanta, Reetuparna Bhattacharyay (Roy), Arindam Bagchi, Ranjana Chowdhuri)....Pages 167-191 A Study on the Efficiency of Lavender Microcapsules on Silk/Lyocell Blended Fabrics (Mariyam Adnan, J. Jeyakodi Moses)....Pages 193-202 Front Matter ....Pages 203-203 Method Development for Modeling, Designing, and Digital Representation of Outdoor and Protective Clothing (Muhammad Awais, Sybille Krzywinski)....Pages 205-218 Safer Custody Clothing: Designing for Female Prisoners at Risk of Self-Harm (Jane Ledbury, Nicholas Hall, Barbara Shepherd, Laura Parker)....Pages 219-227 Deeds Not Words, an Exploration into the Women’s Suffrage Movement in Ulster Through the Fashion and Freedom Project (Alison Gault)....Pages 229-240 Dynamic Anthropometry for Investigation of Body Movement Comfort in Protective Jacket (Inga Dabolina, Eva Lapkovska, Ausma Vilumsone)....Pages 241-259 Development of Training Modules for Visually Impaired for Rehabilitation in Garment Manufacturing Units (Megha Gupta, Ritu Mathur)....Pages 261-281 Front Matter ....Pages 283-283 Thermo-Physiological Comfort and Microbial Properties of Different Textile Raw Materials and Structures (Dragana Kopitar, Beti Rogina-Car, Zenun Skenderi)....Pages 285-294 Handle Assessment of Knitted Mattress Fabrics Treated with Flame Retardant Finishes Using Fabric Touch Tester Device (Atiyyah Binti Haji Musa, Benny Malengier, Simona Vasile, Lieva Van Langenhove)....Pages 295-305 Development of a Smoothness Tester for Fabrics (M. S. Parmar, Nidhi Sisodia, Maheshwar Singh)....Pages 307-319 Thickness Loss of Handmade Carpets After Dynamic Loading (Shravan Kumar Gupta, Kamal Kanti Goswami, Abhijit Majumdar)....Pages 321-335 Front Matter ....Pages 337-337 A New Collaborative Model for Demand-Driven Supply Chains: A Case Study on Textile Industry (Ke Ma, Sébastien Thomassey, Xianyi Zeng)....Pages 339-347 Customer Analytics in Fashion Retail Industry (Chandadevi Giri, Sebastien Thomassey, Xianyi Zeng)....Pages 349-361 Recent Developments in Recycling Silk Saris (S. Nivedita, Gargi)....Pages 363-369 Awareness of Green Manufacturing in Apparel Industry (Ankur Saxena, Ajit Kumar Khare)....Pages 371-382 Sustainable Production by Modifying Reduction Clearing in Polyester Dyeing (S. D. Kiruthika, R. Ugamoorthi, C. Venkatachalapathi, S. Ramarethinam)....Pages 383-403 Front Matter ....Pages 405-405 Crafting Lives: Redefining Culture and Artisan Lives Through the Revival of Crafts in the State of Punjab, India (Simrita Singh, Anu H. Gupta)....Pages 407-425 Moving Lights as Moving Spaces: Reinterpreting Traditional Bamboo Chik Making (Shubhra Singh)....Pages 427-443 An Ergonomic Perspective of Uttarakhand Weavers (A. Goel, R. Garbyal)....Pages 445-463